What do you think?

Well I completely misinterpreted the Challenge rules it would seem. Fall and Depth was my understanding but there was a little paragraph further down that I read but misinterpreted. I thought it was just explaining depth and what you could do to portray depth. It seems it was compulsory to applique something to the quilt! Oh! well. I had decided not to do that with this piece so now I will have to.

I heated and painted copper shim. Cut it into a long rectangle and cut slits into it. I weaved a piece of the background that was surplus. I then applied some gold leaf to the copper shim to enhance the fall colours. I painted the background and the shim with some gold powder using Ormaline as the base. It is dry now and looks OK. It's quite a rich coloured piece and I love it. Now for the leaves. Do they work? I am not sure. The purples in the leaves are also in the background as I used a blue/purple chiffon and so there is a tinge of purple. I think the leaves "lift" the purple/blue in the background. Not sure if they work or not. I have time to just leave them and see what transpires over the next few days. I would appreciate some feedback.